Naniwa-class cruiser

A Naniwa-class cruiser (right) in Honolulu Harbor, 1893–1894
Class overview
Name	Naniwa class
Builders	Armstrong Mitchell, United Kingdom
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Izumi
Succeeded by	Unebi
Built	1884–1885
In commission	1886–1914
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,727 long tons (3,787 t)
Length	320 ft (97.5 m) (o/a)
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Draught	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) (full load)
Installed power	6 cylindrical boilers 7,500 ihp (5,593 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	338–342
Armament	2 × single 26 cm (10.2 in) guns 6 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × single 6 pdr (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 10 × quadruple 1 in (25 mm) guns 4 × 10-barrel 11 mm (0.43 in) guns 4 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Gun shields: 2 in (51 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

The two Naniwa-class cruisers (浪速型防護巡洋艦, Naniwa-gata bōgojun'yōkan) were protected cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1880s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the vessels were built in Britain. Both ships participated in numerous actions during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.